WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States deported Chinese people who sought to enter the country illegally back to China over the weekend in the first large charter flight since 2018, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. The department did not specify how many people were on the flight. The United States and China […]
A New Albany man who founded and was superintendent of two Columbus charter schools pleaded guilty in federal court Monday after conspiring to commit bank fraud and use over a quarter of a million dollars to help buy a house. Abdirizak Y. Farah, 59, faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to […]
Jul. 1—AUSTIN — The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) took no action against recommendations made by Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath, opening the door for four new charter school operators at its regularly scheduled meeting June 25 — 28. Subject to clearing contractual contingencies, the following applicants will open new charter schools and begin […]
KIPP Columbus charter schools campus on the city’s Northeast Side. A judge for the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that a local charter school on the city’s Northeast Side engaged in unfair labor practices while the school’s teachers were unionizing. The violations happened during the 2022-2023 school year, when KIPP management threatened to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the U.S., turning back conservatives and the state’s GOP governor who have welcomed religious groups into public education. The high court determined the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board’s 3-2 vote last year […]
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the state’s approval of the first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation violates state and federal law, and is unconstitutional. State Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board on Oct. 20 after the board, by a 3-2 vote, approved the creation of St. Isidore of Seville […]
Leaders of a major Milwaukee charter school network will ask a city board this week to allow them to build a $55 million school on the south side — though they say they’re not sure yet who will attend it. The proposal, which leaders say started as a dream project for the Carmen Schools of […]
CHICAGO — On a recent, beautiful June day in Lake Michigan, several first responders set sail on a Thin Blue Line Fishing charter. The excursion was seriously mission critical but full of lots of laughs and hopes for lots of fish. The charter is a recipe to help to alleviate PTSD and free of charge for […]
LODI — As Gemar Mills stood on the auditorium stage, in front of 85 students wearing caps and gowns, he thanked them. For Mills, this graduation was proof that his success as principal at Newark’s Malcolm X Shabazz High School was no fluke and he could build a school with a culture of achievement from […]
The Broward School Board agreed on Tuesday to pay $108 million to local charter schools by 2027 — about $67 million of an original debt and about $41 million from interest accrued. The payment plan fixes an issue that had gotten the Broward school district in trouble with state officials, but creates a new budgetary […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque city councilors are moving forward with proposals changing the way local elections are conducted, and the council’s power to remove key city officials. This, in the face of opposition from some community members. City councilors are looking at adding several items to the ballot this November, changing the city’s charter. Many […]
Government-run schools keep failing. It shouldn’t surprise us. Monopolies rarely serve customers well. People call them “public schools,” but “government-run” is more accurate. After all, charter schools are available to the public. Privately-run supermarkets are open to the public for more hours than “public” schools are. International tests show American kids don’t learn as much […]